Free-end-paper-roll holder and cutter.



B. H. HORN.

FREE END PAPER ROLL HOLDER- AND CUTTER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.21. I915.

Patented Nov. 30, 1915.

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BERT H. HORN, OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO GILBERT R.

MITCHELL, OF RICHMOND, INDIANA.

FREE-END-EAPER-ROLL HOLDER AND CUTTER.

Application filed January 21, 1915. SerialNo. 3,620.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BERT H. HoRN,.a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Richmond, in the county of Wayne and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Free-End-Paper-Roll Holder and Cutter, of which the following is a full, clear, and comprehensive specification and exposition, the same being such as will enable others to make and use the same with absolute exactitude.

The particular object ofthis invention is to provide distinctive improvements in themove another section of paperfrom the roll;

My object, broadly speaking, is to provide a construction of the character set forth which will be neat and attractive in appearance, strong and durable in 7 construction, easily operated and controlled, and which can be manufactured and sold at a comparatively low price. And, finally, my object is to provide a paper roll holder and cutter in which the mechanism is adapted to adjust itself to rolls of various or varying diameters, from which the paper can be easily re-.

moved and severed in a neat manner without waste of paper, and in which a-free end will always be left to be grasped when'desiring to remove another section of paper.

from the roll.

Various other objects and advantages will suggest themselves as pertaining to this 1nvention by an inspection of the followingdescription in connection with the accompanving drawings.

The preferred means invention in a practical manner is shown in the accompanyings drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of the invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan of the invention. Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the invention. Fig. 4 is a vertical cross section, as taken on the line 44 of Fig. 1. And Fig. 5 is a perspective detail view of one end portion of the operative mechanisnr Similar indices denote like parts throughout the several views.

In order that the construction, the operation, and the advantages of my invention may be more fully understood and appreciated I will now take up a detailed descrip- Specification of Letters Patent.

for carrylng out my Patented Nov. 30, 1915.

tion thereof in which I will set forth the invention as briefly and as comprehensively as I may.

.In the drawings the letters A and B denote the two base-members, which are Extending out forward, parallel with each other, from the standards D and E, are the channeled brackets land 2, whose channels face inward toward each other, with carriage bearings therein.

Numerals 3' and 4 denote the two carriages, which are identical with each other, the .same being adapted-to slide forward and backward in the channels of the respective brackets 1 and2. Extending across the rear end of the channel of each bracket is a pin, as the pin 5 shown in Fig. 3; and in each of the carriages is a hook, 6 and 7 respectively.- Attached to and extending back from the hooks 6 and 7 and secured to the respective pins 5 are the respective helical springs 8 and 9, which tendto normally hold the carriages back to their limits -of movement 7 in that direction. Extending across between the central portions of the carriages 3 and 4, is theroller 10, which normayy contacts with the periphery of the roll of paper, as shown in Figs-2 and 4.

Carried by the lower forward portion of the carriages are the pivots 11 and 12, respectively, onwhich are pivoted'the respective offset, or Z-shaped, hangers 13 and 14:. Connecting the upper ends of the hangers 13 and 14 is the weight rod 15. r

Numeral 16 denotes the guide-bar, which, preferably, is formed of sheet metal, with its ends turned back and pivoted to the lower rear corner portions of the hangers 13 and 1 1, by the pivot bolts 17 and l8,respectively, and over the forward face of the bar 16 the paper is adapted to travel as itis drawn from the roll.

Numeral 19 denotes the cutter-bar whose cutting edge is adapted to contact with the face of the guide-bar 16. The ends of the cutter-bar are secured to the bracketsQQ and 2l, the rear edges of the latter being parallel and near the face of. the bar 16. The said brackets are pivoted to the hangers l3 and la by the respective pivots and23.

In threading the device the end of the paper, is first brought down back of the roller 10, and then between the bar 16 and V the blade of the cutter bar 19'.

When in normal position the several parts will stand in the position Shown'inFigs and Then-inorder-to remove a portion of paper one has only to grasp the projecting portion h and then pull forward, which will first cause the hangers to swingon their pivots 1i and 12 to vertical position, as in Fig. 8. Then continuing to pull on the paperit w ll unwind from the roll H. Then without releasing ones pull on the paper the withdrawn portion is first moved upward slightly and then by applying more force to oneiedge than the other the paper will be severed, being cutby' the edge of the bar 19. Then-when the portion withdrawn is severed it isapparent, that the pull on the cutter will be released, thereby allowing the weight rod 15 to swing'the cutting mechanism back to the-position shown in F1g.4,'thereby causing the bait-s16 and 19 to move back, and aS they move back the paper, will' remain' stationary thereby causing itlto be projected below the bar-16 asin Fig. 4, the amount of proiection 72 being substantiallyequal te the distance of movement "of *the bar 1.6V as'it swings back By the above itlis' apparent that there is always provided a: free endJtjfor one to grasp who desires to remove paper from} the roll.

i The springs 8 and 9 retain the roller l0 at all times in' contactwith the roll of paper H making thecutting mechanism at all times in the samerelative position to the roll 7 cause theedge of thecutter-bar to clampthe paper upon 'the face of'the guide-bar;and

wh thepapen is released the edge of the cutter-bar will move away from the face of.

the gui'de-ban'thereby allowing the paper to pass freely between the edge of the cutter bar and the face'of the guidebar.

It will be apparent that when in normal position, as in Fig.,l the rear edge of the guide-bar 16 rests againstthe roll of paper, thereby acting as a-guide forthe paper to Having now fully shown and described my invention, what I'claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-- 1; A device of the nature set forth comprising standards, a roll of paper revolubly mounted between thefstandards, channeled brackets extending forward from the standards, car iages slidably mounted in the brackets, a roller extendingbetween the car riages springs pulling rearward on the carriages and retaining the roller in contact with the rollof paper, a hangerpiv'oted to each carriage, a weight-rod connecting the upper endsof; the hangers, a guide-bar pivoted'be tween the lower ends of'the hangers, and a cutter-ban extending between said-han ;ers and located immediately above the guidebar; all substantially as shown and" described i o f 2. A free-endpaperroll holder, and cutter comprising vertical f standards; means for revolubly mounting a r ll of paper between the standards; a bra;cket 'eXtending forward from each standard 'a v carriage *sl dably mounted to"operatehorizontally in, each of said brackets; springs normally holding the carriages to therear; a' roller extending" between the carriages and held n contact with the periphery ofthe roll of paperby the said spring's'yfhangers pivoted near them centers to then-espective carriages, a rod "con necting; the upper ends ofthe hangers a guide-bar pivotally mounted between the lower ends ofthe hangers, a cutter-bar extending betweenc said hangers and located near said gu ide-bar, I? the "swinging. of. the hangers adapted to cause the guidebar and the cutter-bar to swing forward and backward as paper passes thjerebetween and is withdrawn and released bythe operator,

all substantially as shown and described;

In testimony, whereof'I have hereunto subscribed my name" to this specification in the f firesence of twosubscribing witnesses}.

I BERT ILHORN.

lVitnesses Rom. W,- RANDLE,

R; E; RANDLE.

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